With a new trick… Voyager 1 continues to amaze. After 47 years, having crossed together with its twin into interstellar space, you’d think the spacecraft would stop surprising us. No chance. The probe had another glitch in the last few … Continue reading
Category Archives: random travel
Gonna be gone for a few days. I’ll be at P-Con down in Dallas through Sunday. If you’re in the neighborhood, drop by! Doing a few panels and a reading, among other things. https://www.p-con.us/ Go read the folks on the … Continue reading
Finally, after almost 30 years, geofencing got taken to the 5th Circuit on appeal! In a major decision on Friday, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that geofence warrants are “categorically prohibited by the Fourth Amendment.” Closely following arguments EFF has made … Continue reading
Welp, first it was the Boeing Starliner issues (now 55 days and continuing, HERE). And a ‘contrary’ opinion of their options, HERE. And now the NG supply capsule Cygnus didn’t make the original Targeted Altitude Burn… A Falcon 9 launched … Continue reading
‘Really’ rising??? Nuff said… … Continue reading
Made it home in one piece, glad to have made the trip, but TWO conventions back to back wore my tired old ass out!!! TL;DR Writer’s Cantina is a very small but very professional con! Limited spaces and time this … Continue reading
Well, I’m out in Salt Lake City for Writer’s Cantina for a few days. Lousy flight out, we ‘bounced’ all the way from DFW… but I met up with Jonna and Mike at the airport and gave them a ride … Continue reading
Woof… Draggin’ ass, but I’m home in one piece. AAR to come tomorrow, but a combo of bad beds, lousy conference chairs (EVERY #$#@#% convention), and forgetting my muscle relaxers (again!) just wore me out. TL;DR LibertyCon was good! Busy, … Continue reading
Playing my song again… Off to LibertyCon in Chattanooga for a few days. Here’s my schedule, and this year I can actually get to see some panels ‘I’ am interested in! Blogging etc. will be light until next week! Go … Continue reading
After eight months, all is well, again! NASA announced Friday that its Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is over 15 billion miles away from Earth, is again fully operational following technical issues that arose in November 2023. The agency said it partially resolved an … Continue reading